Examiner Jonathan M.L. Foreman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2018 (93 months ago).

Examiner Jonathan M.L. Foreman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 60.2%, they average 2.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2008-2018)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 532
Granted Applications: 320
Non-Granted Applications: 212
Avg OA / Grant: 2.29
Last OA Observed: August 2018 (93 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3736
Work Groups Seen: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	60.2%	2.29
Art Unit	32	52.1%	2.19
Group	288	51.1%	2.22
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	48	20	41.7%
2009	53	27	50.9%
2010	65	43	66.2%
2011	48	33	68.8%
2012	43	31	72.1%
2013	56	39	69.6%
2014	65	45	69.2%
2015	29	15	51.7%
2016	45	24	53.3%
2017	52	29	55.8%
2018	28	14	50.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

320 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	563	2.7%	13.7%	69.1%	6.0%
2	346	3.8%	10.7%	74.0%	7.2%
3	190	4.7%	9.5%	78.9%	5.8%
4	119	4.2%	6.7%	80.7%	5.0%
5	68	0.0%	2.9%	88.2%	5.9%
6	41	0.0%	4.9%	82.9%	12.2%
7	17	0.0%	0.0%	94.1%	5.9%
8	9	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%	11.1%
9	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
10	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.8%

2008

1.4%

2009

0.0%

2010

2.8%

2011

0.9%

2012

0.7%

2013

2.6%

2014

5.3%

2015

7.2%

2016

7.1%

2017

9.1%

2018

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.